Musical instrument



March 16 1926. 1,577,418

5. CLUBS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Filed Jan. 29, 1924 2' s sn 't 1 l1 1 Ill WITNESSFS i March 16 1926,

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OOOOQQ 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mari, 16; 192a 1 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

' Application filedl January 29, 1924 Serial No. 689,824. i

To all whom; it may concern:

., Be it-known thatQL -SHERMA Chums, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Olathe, in the county .ofMontrose and State of Colorado, have invented newland useful Improvements in'Musical Instruments, of which the following'isj a specification.

,This inventionfrelates toa musical instru 'the body thereof and to'pass the strings bthrou gh thefsoundfholes inthe, body, thus improving the tone; of the'instrumcnt and to also facilitate. its handling when the -playeris 'either .in a sitting down position or is standingup. I V Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a hand rest on the instrument for the Thisf 'invention ,also consists in hand which carries. the pick.

other-.fffeatures" of construction and in the combination and arrangement of'the several qlustrated in, the accompanying drawings and "specifically pointedfiout in'the appended claims.

' 7 In describingmy inventionin detail, ref- {51 erence will be had to the accompanying."

" drawings wherein like characters ,denote 1 1 Inthese views, '1 indicates the body of the like or corresponding parts throughout the several1;views,'a'nd in :which p Figure ,1 is a side view of the instrument. Figure 2jis a top-plan view. 7

Figure -3 is alongitudinalsectional view. Figures 4 and-5 are detail viewsfl instrument which isrnade in the usual form -to provide a sound box and 2 indicates the neck which is connected with the top face of- V the body, by means of the b'ri'dgepiece 3 which hasit's ends connectediwith the edges jof thegbody'so that its major, portion; is

, spaced froni thebody. A hand rest 4 is con-' w nected with .thebridge-piece and the inner of the body; and abridge piece6 is connected. to the outer face ofthe "bottom piece and passes over the bottom hole and the strings 7 after passing through the' holes and the body are secured to this bridge piece 6, as

certain 7 shown atj8'. The otherends of the strings are connected with the tuning pegs 9 carried by the neck, thisneckbeing formed in the i usual manner. A sound board. 10 is ar ranged in the. body and is connected with the'top and'b'ottom pieces by the posts 11 and a bar 12 is connected with the front end of the sound board, which isperforated. as

shown at 13, and has its ends connected with thesides of the body, as shown. A. bridge 14 is fastened to this barland is notched to receivefthe strings. v V i a This improved instrument can be made in the form of a banjo, guitar,;mandolin or the like and when it s of large size it may be provided with "a stand to supportit. The tone of the instrument is. greatly improved by passing the strings through the body and it can be easily played while the musician is in a sitting orstandingposition. i

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features p of'my invention will be readily apparent. parts, to bet-hereinafter fully described, 11-

'3 body and extending at anangle from the body, pegs carried by the neck and strings passing over theneck and through: the holes;

in the body and having their ends connected with the string support and the pegs.

2. A musical instrument of the mandolin type comprising a body having holes in both its top and bottom,string supporting means on the bottomadjacent the hole therein, a neck connected with the front faceof the bodyand extending at an angle from the body, pegs carried by the neck and. strings passing over the neck and through the holes in the body and having their ends connected with the string support and the pegs, I sound board within the body and a bridge I jioo connected therewith and over which the" strings pass.

. "3. A'musical instrumentdof theclass de scribed gcomprising a body made in the form l ;;of a sound box andhaving holes in its top andbottom pieces, astring supporting meme her on the bottom piece adjacent the hole therein, a bridge piece on the top piece and 

